most passing touchdowns for a rookie qb 1995 to 2023

Between the 1995 and 2023 seasons, Justin Herbert had the most passing touchdowns by a rookie quarterback, with 31 touchdowns in 2020.

	NAME	TD	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Justin Herbert J. Herbert	31	2020	LAC	15	396	595	66.6	4,336	7.3	289.1	10	98.3	5.2	1.7	32	218
2	Baker Mayfield B. Mayfield	27	2018	CLE	14	310	486	63.8	3,725	7.7	266.1	14	93.7	5.6	2.9	25	173
3	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	26	2012	SEA	16	252	393	64.1	3,118	7.9	194.9	10	100.0	6.6	2.5	33	203
4	Peyton Manning P. Manning	26	1998	IND	16	326	575	56.7	3,739	6.5	233.7	28	71.2	4.5	4.9	22	109
5	Daniel Jones D. Jones	24	2019	NYG	13	284	459	61.9	3,027	6.6	232.8	12	87.7	5.2	2.6	38	295
6	C.J. Stroud	23	2023	HOU	15	319	499	63.9	4,108	8.2	273.9	5	100.8	4.6	1.0	38	331
7	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	23	2016	DAL	16	311	459	67.8	3,667	8.0	229.2	4	104.9	5.0	0.9	25	143
8	Andrew Luck A. Luck	23	2012	IND	16	339	627	54.1	4,374	7.0	273.4	18	76.5	3.7	2.9	41	246
9	Mac Jones M. Jones	22	2021	NE	17	352	521	67.6	3,801	7.3	223.6	13	92.5	4.2	2.5	28	241
10	Jameis Winston J. Winston	22	2015	TB	16	312	535	58.3	4,042	7.6	252.6	15	84.2	4.1	2.8	27	190
11	Gardner Minshew G. Minshew	21	2019	JAX	14	285	470	60.6	3,271	7.0	233.6	6	91.2	4.5	1.3	33	184
12	Derek Carr D. Carr	21	2014	OAK	16	348	599	58.1	3,270	5.5	204.4	12	76.6	3.5	2.0	24	149
13	Cam Newton C. Newton	21	2011	CAR	16	310	517	60.0	4,051	7.8	253.2	17	84.5	4.1	3.3	35	260
14	Kyler Murray K. Murray	20	2019	ARI	16	349	542	64.4	3,722	6.9	232.6	12	87.4	3.7	2.2	48	309
15	Robert Griffin III R. Griffin III	20	2012	WAS	15	258	393	65.6	3,200	8.1	213.3	5	102.4	5.1	1.3	30	217
16	Andy Dalton A. Dalton	20	2011	CIN	16	300	516	58.1	3,398	6.6	212.4	13	80.4	3.9	2.5	24	160
17	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	19	2017	HOU	7	126	204	61.8	1,699	8.3	242.7	8	103.0	9.3	3.9	19	116
18	Marcus Mariota M. Mariota	19	2015	TEN	12	230	370	62.2	2,818	7.6	234.8	10	91.5	5.1	2.7	38	258
19	Mike Glennon M. Glennon	19	2013	TB	13	247	416	59.4	2,608	6.3	200.6	9	83.9	4.6	2.2	40	314
20	Sam Bradford S. Bradford	18	2010	STL	16	354	590	60.0	3,512	6.0	219.5	15	76.5	3.1	2.5	34	244
21	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	18	2004	CIN	13	263	432	60.9	2,897	6.7	222.8	18	77.3	4.2	4.2	25	178
22	Sam Darnold S. Darnold	17	2018	NYJ	13	239	414	57.7	2,865	6.9	220.4	15	77.6	4.1	3.6	30	204
23	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	17	2004	PIT	14	196	295	66.4	2,621	8.9	187.2	11	98.1	5.8	3.7	30	213
24	Davis Mills D. Mills	16	2021	HOU	13	263	394	66.8	2,664	6.8	204.9	10	88.8	4.1	2.5	31	206
25	Carson Wentz C. Wentz	16	2016	PHI	16	379	607	62.4	3,782	6.2	236.4	14	79.3	2.6	2.3	33	213

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